JP2010287951A - Content viewing system, content viewing device, and content viewing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to efficiently continuously view a content by a mobile terminal for communicating with a television receiver on which the user has viewed the content. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile terminal for communicating with the television receiver is detected by the television receiver (step S114), and viewing restart information for restarting viewing a content being output is transmitted to the detected mobile terminal (step S119) when output of the content to the television receiver is terminated. The viewing restart information transmitted from the television receiver is received by the mobile terminal (step S221), and the rest of the content output to the television receiver is output on the basis of the received viewing restart information (step S228). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a content viewing system, a content viewing apparatus, and a content viewing program, and more particularly to a content viewing system, a content viewing apparatus, and a content viewing program that are suitable for continuously viewing content on other devices.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique for viewing or recording a continuation of content viewed on a certain device with another device has been implemented and proposed. For example, the following techniques can be mentioned.

  In Patent Document 1, a device entity ID for uniquely identifying each server device is generated in association with the original device ID, and when a content reproduction request signal is received, a request is made based on the device entity ID included therein. Identifies the destination server device, requests the specified content for it, relays the specified content from the request destination server device to the request source terminal device, monitors the relay, detects relay interruption, and from the monitoring result of the relay A viewing information management device is described that generates content interruption information indicating the interruption position of the content in association with a device entity ID. According to this apparatus, the interrupted content can be centrally managed, and any interrupted content can be reproduced from the interrupt position at an arbitrary terminal device.

  In Patent Document 2, content is output by a transmission-side device, a suspend instruction is received, data recording after a suspend instruction is started, a continuation instruction is received by a receiving-side device, and recording of data after a continuation instruction is performed. Is started, data transmission is requested after the interruption instruction, and recording of the data after interruption instruction is terminated on the condition of receiving the request by the transmission side apparatus, and it is divided into the first and second data, respectively, and the stream and copy methods. The first data content from the transmission source is output by the receiving side device, the recording of the second data from the transmission source is started, and the second data content is output after the first data is output. A content recording / playback system is described in which the content of the data after the continuation instruction is output so as to be continuous. According to this system, it is possible to continue time-shifted viewing of content viewed on other devices with an efficient device according to the network state.

JP 2006-319443 A JP 2008-109490 A

  However, in the technique of Patent Document 1, it is necessary to prepare a viewing information management apparatus separately, and there is a problem that the cost increases or the configuration becomes complicated.

  Further, in the techniques of Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2, in order to continue viewing, the viewing information management device and the transmission-side device that the user has watched the content always make inquiries from the terminal device and the reception-side device, respectively. There is a problem that you need to wait. Along with this, power consumption also increases, which causes a problem of inefficiency.

  Furthermore, in any of the techniques of Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, the management device and the transmission-side device cannot predict a device for continuous viewing, so it is necessary to centrally manage information on content whose viewing has been interrupted, There is a problem that it is necessary to wait for the reception side device to accept the continuation instruction, and the efficiency is deteriorated.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and one of the purposes is to efficiently and continuously use the content viewing apparatus that can communicate with the content viewing apparatus that has been viewing the content. To provide a content viewing system, a content viewing device, and a content viewing program that can be viewed.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, a content viewing system includes a first content viewing device and one or more second content viewing devices. The first content viewing device and the second content viewing device respectively communicate with each other with a control unit, a receiving unit that is controlled by the control unit to receive content information, and controlled by the control unit. And a viewing output unit that outputs the content based on the content information controlled by the control unit and received by the receiving unit so as to be viewable.

  The control unit of the first content viewing apparatus controls the communication unit to detect a second content viewing apparatus that can communicate with the first content viewing apparatus, and outputs the content on the first content viewing apparatus. When performing the control to end, the communication unit is controlled so as to transmit viewing resumption information for resuming viewing of the content output by the viewing output unit to the second content viewing apparatus detected by the detection unit. A transmission control unit.

  The control unit of the second content viewing device receives the viewing resumption information transmitted from the first content viewing device, the reception control unit that controls the communication unit, and the viewing resumption information received by the communication unit. And an output control unit that controls the viewing output unit so as to output the continuation of the content output by the first content viewing apparatus.

  According to the present invention, the first content viewing device detects the second content viewing device capable of communication, and when the output of the content on the first content viewing device is terminated, the first content viewing device outputs the information. The viewing resumption information for resuming the viewing of the existing content is transmitted to the detected second content viewing apparatus. The second content viewing apparatus receives the viewing resumption information transmitted from the first content viewing apparatus, and continues the content output by the first content viewing apparatus based on the received viewing resumption information. Is output.

  As a result, it is possible to provide a content viewing system that can efficiently and continuously view the content on the second content viewing device that can communicate with the first content viewing device on which the content has been viewed.

  Preferably, the second content viewing apparatus further includes a storage unit that stores information used by the control unit, and an input receiving unit that receives an input of a predetermined instruction from the user.

  When the viewing resumption information is received by the communication unit, the control unit of the second content viewing apparatus further outputs some information by the storage control unit that stores the viewing resumption information in the storage unit and the viewing output unit. When viewing resumption information is received by the communication unit, or when viewing output information is started by the viewing output unit when viewing resumption information is stored in the storage unit, A notification control unit that controls the viewing output unit so as to notify the user of an inquiry as to whether or not to view the continuation of the content based on.

  The output control unit outputs the continuation of the content when the input receiving unit receives an instruction to view the continuation of the content.

  According to this invention, the second content viewing apparatus stores the viewing resumption information, and when the viewing resumption information is received when some information is output, or the viewing resumption information is stored. When output of some information is started sometimes, an inquiry about whether to view the continuation of the content based on the viewing resumption information is notified to the user, and an input of an instruction to view the continuation of the content is accepted, the content The continuation of is output. As a result, the content can be viewed more efficiently and continuously.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, a content viewing device communicates with another content viewing device controlled by a control unit, a receiving unit controlled by the control unit and receiving content information, and controlled by the control unit. And a viewing output unit that outputs the content based on the content information controlled by the control unit and received by the receiving unit so as to be viewable.

  The control unit controls the communication unit to detect other content viewing apparatuses that can communicate with each other, and when performing control to end the output of content, the content output by the viewing output unit A transmission control unit for controlling the communication unit so as to transmit the viewing resumption information for resuming the viewing to the other content viewing device detected by the detection unit.

  According to the present invention, when another content viewing device capable of communication is detected by the content viewing device and the output of the content is terminated, the viewing resumption information for resuming the viewing of the output content is provided. And transmitted to the other content viewing apparatus detected.

  As a result, it is possible to provide a content viewing apparatus that can efficiently and continuously view the content on another content viewing apparatus that can communicate with the content viewing apparatus that has been viewed.

  Preferably, the control unit further sets the communication unit so as to acquire outputable information indicating whether or not the other content viewing device can output the content from the other content viewing device detected by the detection unit. Includes an acquisition unit to control. When the outputable information acquired by the communication unit is another content viewing device indicating that the content can be output, the transmission control unit performs control to transmit the viewing resumption information to the other content viewing device. .

  According to the present invention, the content viewing apparatus acquires outputable information indicating whether or not the other content viewing apparatus can output the content from the detected other content viewing apparatus, and the acquired output is possible When the information is another content viewing apparatus indicating that the content can be output, the viewing resumption information is transmitted to the other content viewing apparatus. As a result, the content can be viewed more efficiently and continuously.

  Preferably, the transmission control unit performs control to transmit inquiry information for notifying whether or not to view the continuation of the content based on the viewing resumption information together with the viewing resumption information.

  According to the present invention, the content viewing apparatus transmits the inquiry information for informing the inquiry as to whether or not to view the continuation of the content based on the viewing resumption information together with the viewing resumption information. As a result, the content can be viewed more efficiently and continuously.

  More preferably, the transmission control unit performs control for transmitting notification period information indicating a period in which an inquiry based on the inquiry information is notified together with the viewing resumption information and the inquiry information.

  According to the present invention, the content viewing apparatus transmits viewing period information indicating a period for reporting an inquiry based on the inquiry information together with viewing resumption information and inquiry information. As a result, the content can be viewed more efficiently and continuously.

  Preferably, the detection unit further detects the state of the other content viewing device from another content viewing device, and the control unit further transmits the viewing resumption information in advance when the state detected by the state detection unit is detected. The transmission control unit includes a determination unit that determines whether or not the state is a predetermined state, and the transmission control unit transmits the viewing resumption information to the other content device in a state determined to be a predetermined state. Control to transmit viewing resumption information is performed.

  According to this invention, the content viewing device detects the state of the other content viewing device from another content viewing device, and whether or not the detected state is a predetermined state in which the viewing resumption information is transmitted. Is determined, and the viewing resumption information is transmitted to other content devices in a state where it is determined to be a predetermined state in which the viewing resumption information is transmitted. As a result, the content can be viewed more efficiently and continuously.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, a content viewing apparatus includes a control unit, a receiving unit that is controlled by the control unit to receive content information, a storage unit that stores information used by the control unit, and a user. Content based on content information received by the receiving unit controlled by the control unit, an input receiving unit that receives an input of a predetermined instruction, a communication unit that is controlled by the control unit and communicates with other content viewing devices And a viewing output unit for outputting so that it can be viewed.

  The control unit controls the communication unit so as to receive viewing resumption information for resuming viewing of content that has been viewed on the other content viewing device transmitted from the other content viewing device. When the communication resumption information is received by the communication unit, the storage control unit that stores the viewing resumption information in the storage unit, and when any information is output by the viewing output unit, the communication resumption information is received by the communication unit. Whether or not to continue viewing the content based on the viewing resumption information, when the output of the information is started by the viewing output unit when the viewing resumption information is stored in the storage unit The notification control unit that controls the viewing output unit and the input receiving unit receive an instruction to view the continuation of the content so as to notify the user of the inquiry. In this case, the viewing output unit is controlled to output the continuation of the content output by another content viewing device based on the viewing resumption information received by the communication unit or the viewing resumption information stored in the storage unit. Output control unit.

  According to the present invention, the content viewing device receives the viewing resumption information for resuming the viewing of the content that has been viewed by the other content viewing device, transmitted from the other content viewing device, and the viewing resumption information. Is received, when the viewing resume information is stored when the information is output, or when the viewing resume information is stored, the output of some information is started. In such a case, an inquiry about whether or not to view the continuation of the content based on the viewing resumption information is notified to the user, and if an input of an instruction to view the continuation of the content is accepted, the received viewing resumption information or stored Based on the viewing resumption information, the continuation of the content output by the other content viewing apparatus is output.

  As a result, it is possible to provide a content viewing apparatus that can efficiently and continuously view the content on the content viewing apparatus that can communicate with another content viewing apparatus that has been viewing the content.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, a content viewing program communicates with a control unit, a receiving unit that is controlled by the control unit to receive content information, and another content viewing device that is controlled by the control unit. And a viewing output unit that outputs the content based on the content information controlled by the control unit and received by the receiving unit so that the content can be viewed.

  The content viewing program controls the communication unit to detect other content viewing devices that can communicate with each other and the content output by the viewing output unit when performing control to end the output of the content. The control unit is caused to execute a step of controlling the communication unit so as to transmit viewing resumption information for resuming viewing of the content to another detected content viewing apparatus.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a content viewing program capable of efficiently and continuously viewing the content on another content viewing device that can communicate with the content viewing device on which the content has been viewed.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, a content viewing program includes a control unit, a receiving unit that is controlled by the control unit to receive content information, a storage unit that stores information used by the control unit, and a user. Content based on content information received by the receiving unit controlled by the control unit, an input receiving unit that receives an input of a predetermined instruction, a communication unit that is controlled by the control unit and communicates with other content viewing devices Is a program that is executed by a content viewing apparatus including a viewing output unit that outputs the content so that it can be viewed.

  The content viewing program controls the communication unit so as to receive viewing resumption information for resuming viewing of the content viewed by the other content viewing device transmitted from the other content viewing device; When viewing resumption information is received by the communication unit, the viewing resumption information is received by the communication unit when the viewing resumption information is output by the step of storing the viewing resumption information in the storage unit and the viewing output unit If the output of information is started by the viewing output unit when viewing resumption information is stored in the storage unit, the user is inquired whether to view the continuation of the content based on the viewing resumption information. To control the viewing output unit and to input an instruction to view the continuation of the content by the input receiving unit If accepted, based on the viewing resumption information received by the communication unit, the control unit is caused to execute a step of controlling the viewing output unit so as to output a continuation of the content output by another content viewing device. .

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a content viewing program capable of efficiently and continuously viewing the content on the content viewing device that can communicate with another content viewing device that has been viewing the content.

It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the content viewing-and-listening system in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the outline of a structure of the television receiver in this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the outline of a structure of the portable terminal in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process for the continuous viewing each performed by the television receiver and portable terminal in this embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the 1st example of the flow of a continuous viewing-and-listening operation | movement in this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the continuation of the 1st example of the flow of a continuous viewing-and-listening operation | movement in this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the 2nd example of the flow of a continuous viewing-and-listening operation | movement in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the screen for the setting of the continuous viewing-and-listening in this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the same or corresponding parts in the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will not be repeated.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a content viewing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a content viewing system 10 includes a television receiver 100, portable terminals 200A to 200C, a broadcast facility 300 for a television broadcast station, a WWW (World Wide Web) server 400, a telecommunications carrier (carrier). Communication facility 500, home server 600, and WAN (Wide Area Network) 900.

  The WAN 900 includes a network provided by a telephone switching network and a digital switching network telecommunications carrier, and the Internet.

  Broadcasting equipment 300 of a broadcasting station reads digital data in which video and audio of a television broadcast are encoded from a server, converts the read digital data into an electric signal, and transmits the converted electric signal from antenna 301 as a radio wave. To do.

  Broadcasting by broadcast stations includes terrestrial digital broadcasting, BS (Broadcasting Satellite) digital broadcasting, CS (Communications Satellite) digital broadcasting, analog broadcasting, FM (Frequency Modulation) radio broadcasting, and AM (Amplitude Modulation) radio broadcasting. .

  Note that the broadcast facility 300 may transmit the television broadcast by wire, like cable television, instead of transmitting the television broadcast wirelessly. The server of the broadcasting facility 300 may be connected to the WAN 900.

  The WWW server 400 is connected to the WAN 900. In response to a request from the client computer, the WWW server 400 transmits content data for outputting content such as character information, images, video, and audio to the client computer. The content includes broadcast video and audio.

  The communication facility 500 of the telecommunications carrier can be wirelessly connected to the mobile terminals 200A to 200C and is connected to the WAN 900. It handles communication by voice or data between the portable terminals 200A to 200C and also handles communication by data or voice between the portable terminals 200A to 200C and devices or facilities connected to the WAN 900.

  Home server 600 is installed in a home and connected to a home LAN (Local Area Network). The home LAN is connected to the WAN 900 via an Internet provider server or the like. The home server 600 receives video and audio in response to a request from a content playback device (for example, the television receiver 100, the mobile terminals 200A to 200C) such as a home PC (Personal Computer) and AV (Audio Visual) device. The content data for outputting the content is transmitted to the playback device.

  The television receiver 100 is installed in a home and connected to a home LAN. In addition, the television receiver 100 can perform short-range communication with the mobile terminals 200A to 200C.

  In this embodiment, near field communication is performed using Bluetooth (registered trademark), but is not limited to this, and is not limited thereto, IrDA (Infrared Data Association), Zigbee (registered trademark), HomeRF (registered trademark) (Home). Radio Frequency) or wireless LAN (IEEE802.11a, IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g) may be used.

  In this embodiment, the communication path of the television receiver 100 and the portable terminals 200A to 200C is a short communication distance, but the television receiver 100 and the portable terminals 200A to 200C are close to each other. The communication path is not limited to this as long as it is communicable in some cases, for example, via a wired LAN that passes through a router in the home, or via the Internet or a mobile phone network. Communication may be possible.

  The television receiver 100 receives radio waves of a television broadcast as an electric signal from the broadcasting facility 300 of the broadcasting station via the antenna 301 of the broadcasting station, converts the received electric signal into digital data, and decodes the converted digital data TV broadcast video and audio are output.

  Also, the television receiver 100 outputs content indicated by content data acquired from the WWW server 400 outside the LAN or the home server 600 inside the LAN.

  The portable terminals 200A to 200C are carried by a person (for example, a family father, mother, or child) in the home where the television receiver 100 is installed. The portable terminals 200A to 200C can exchange audio signals and data signals with other portable terminals via the communication facility 500 of the telecommunications carrier. That is, the user can perform data communication such as a call and an e-mail with a user of another mobile terminal using the mobile terminals 200A to 200C.

  As described above, the mobile terminals 200A to 200C can perform short-range communication with the television receiver 100. Portable terminals 200 </ b> A to 200 </ b> C selectively have a function of outputting video and audio of a television broadcast, similarly to television receiver 100. Portable terminals 200 </ b> A to 200 </ b> C selectively have a function of outputting content indicated by content data acquired from a server outside or inside the LAN, similar to television receiver 100.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of the configuration of the television receiver 100 in this embodiment. Referring to FIG. 2, the television receiver 100 includes a control unit 110, a storage unit 120, an operation unit 130, an output unit 140, an infrared reception unit 150, a broadcast reception unit 160, and a short-range communication unit 170. And a network communication unit 180.

  The control unit 110 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and an auxiliary circuit thereof, and includes a storage unit 120, an operation unit 130, an output unit 140, an infrared reception unit 150, a broadcast reception unit 160, a short-range communication unit 170, and network communication. Control unit 180, execute predetermined processing according to the program or data stored in storage unit 120, and input from operation unit 130, infrared reception unit 150, broadcast reception unit 160, short-range communication unit 170, and network communication unit 180. The processed data is processed, and the processed data is stored in the storage unit 120 or output to the output unit 140, the short-range communication unit 170, or the network communication unit 180.

  The storage unit 120 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) used as a work area necessary for executing the program by the control unit 110 and a ROM (Read) for storing a basic program to be executed by the control unit 110. Only Memory). The RAM also reads and stores a program such as data or a script for executing a predetermined process from the infrared receiving unit 150, the broadcast receiving unit 160, the short-range communication unit 170, or the network communication unit 180. The Furthermore, as a storage medium of an auxiliary storage device for assisting the storage area of the storage unit 120, a magnetic disk (HD (Hard Disk), FD (Flexible Disk)), optical disk (CD (Compact Disc), DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) ), BD (Blu-ray Disc)), a magneto-optical disk (MO (Magneto-Optical disk)), or a semiconductor memory (memory card, SSD (Solid State Drive)) may be used.

  The operation unit 130 includes a main power switch for turning on and off the main power, a channel switching button for switching channels in ascending or descending order, and a volume button for increasing or decreasing the volume. including. Note that the operation unit 130 may include a portion for other operations. When the operation unit 130 is operated by the user, an operation signal corresponding to the operation is transmitted from the operation unit 130 to the control unit 110. The control unit 110 controls each unit of the television receiver 100 in accordance with an operation signal from the operation unit 130.

  The remote controller 151 includes a power switch for setting the television in a standby state or an on state, a channel designation button for switching the channel to a specific channel, and a volume button for increasing or decreasing the volume. Including. The remote controller 151 may include a portion for other operations. When the remote controller 151 is operated by the user, an operation signal corresponding to the operation is transmitted from the remote controller 151 to the infrared receiver 150 by infrared rays.

  The infrared receiving unit 150 receives an operation signal from the remote controller 151 by infrared rays, and transmits the received operation signal to the control unit 110. The control unit 110 controls each unit of the television receiver 100 according to an operation signal from the infrared receiving unit 150.

  The broadcast receiving unit 160 is controlled by the control unit 110 to demodulate a broadcast signal received from the broadcast facility 300 of the broadcast station via the antenna 161, and among the demodulated signals, video compressed data (for example, MPEG (Moving Picture Experts) Group) -2 data, MPEG-4 data, and H.264 data) are decoded and converted into video signals and audio signals, and the converted video signals and audio signals are transmitted to the output unit 140.

  The short-range communication unit 170 is controlled by the control unit 110 and is capable of performing other short-range communication within the range where short-range communication is possible (in the present embodiment, the portable terminal 200), and short-range communication. To exchange data. Since the near field communication has been described with reference to FIG. 1, overlapping description will not be repeated.

  The network communication unit 180 is controlled by the control unit 110 and exchanges data with other devices capable of network communication, such as the home server 600 or the WWW server 400 described above, via the LAN 800. As described above, the LAN 800 is connected to the WAN 900.

  The output unit 140 includes a display (for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)) and a speaker. The output unit 140 is controlled by the control unit 110, and the control unit 110 receives the video and audio signals obtained by converting the broadcast signal received by the broadcast reception unit 160 or the content data received by the network communication unit 180. The converted video signal and audio signal are respectively displayed on the display as video and output from the speaker as audio.

  Note that the television receiver 100 may include a large-capacity storage unit such as a hard disk recorder unit that stores content data received from the WWW server 400 or the home server 600.

  Further, the television receiver 100 may be configured to include an infrared communication unit capable of bidirectional communication instead of the infrared reception unit 150. The infrared communication unit may have the function of the short-range communication unit 170 in addition to the function of the infrared reception unit 150.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an outline of the configuration of the mobile terminal 200 in this embodiment. With reference to FIG. 3, the mobile terminal 200 includes a control unit 210, a storage unit 220, an operation unit 230, a voice input / output unit 235, an output unit 240, an infrared transmission / reception unit 250, and a broadcast reception unit 260. , A short-range communication unit 270, a network communication unit 280, and a telephone network communication unit 290.

  The control unit 210 includes a CPU and its auxiliary circuit, and includes a storage unit 220, an operation unit 230, a voice input / output unit 235, an output unit 240, an infrared transmission / reception unit 250, a broadcast reception unit 260, a short-range communication unit 270, and a network communication unit. 280 and the telephone network communication unit 290, and executes predetermined processing according to the program or data stored in the storage unit 220, and operates the operation unit 230, the infrared transmission / reception unit 250, the broadcast reception unit 260, and the short-range communication unit 270. The network communication unit 280 and the data input from the telephone network communication unit 290 are processed, and the processed data is stored in the storage unit 220, or the output unit 240, the infrared transmission / reception unit 250, the short-range communication unit 270, To the network communication unit 280 or the telephone network communication unit 290.

  Storage unit 220 is similar to storage unit 120 of television receiver 100 described with reference to FIG. 2, and thus redundant description will not be repeated.

  The operation unit 230 includes dial keys, cross operation keys, and other function keys for inputting numbers such as telephone numbers and various data, alphabets, and other characters. The operation unit 230 may include a part for other operations. For example, a touch panel provided on the display of the output unit 240 may be included. When the operation unit 230 is operated by the user, an operation signal corresponding to the operation is transmitted from the operation unit 230 to the control unit 210. The control unit 210 controls each unit of the mobile terminal 200 according to an operation signal from the operation unit 230.

  The voice input / output unit 235 includes a microphone and a speaker. The voice input / output unit 235 is controlled by the control unit 210 to convert voice inputted from the outside into the microphone into a voice signal, and transmits the converted voice signal to the telephone network communication unit 290 and the telephone network communication unit 290. The audio signal from is converted into audio and output to the outside through a speaker.

  The telephone network communication unit 290 is controlled by the control unit 210 to receive a radio signal from another mobile terminal or a landline telephone of the other party through the communication facility 500 and the antenna 291 of the telecommunications carrier, and the received radio signal Is converted into an audio signal, and the converted audio signal is transmitted to the audio input / output unit 235, and the audio signal from the audio input / output unit 235 is converted into a radio signal, so that the antenna 291 and the communication equipment of the telecommunication carrier The data is transmitted to another mobile terminal or a landline phone via 500.

  In addition, the telephone network communication unit 290 is controlled by the control unit 210 to be capable of data communication, for example, the WWW server 400 or other portable terminal, the communication facility 500 of the telecommunications carrier, and the antenna 291. The wireless signal is received, the received wireless signal is converted into data, the converted data is stored in the storage unit 220, or transmitted to the output unit 240 to display the data, and the transmitted data is wirelessly transmitted. The signal is converted into a signal and transmitted to the WWW server 400 or other portable terminal as the data communication destination via the antenna 291 and the communication facility 500 of the telecommunication carrier.

  The infrared transmission / reception unit 250 is controlled by the control unit 210 and exchanges data with other devices capable of infrared communication within a range where infrared communication is possible by infrared communication.

  The broadcast receiving unit 260 is the same as the broadcast receiving unit 160, the short-range communication unit 170, and the network communication unit 180 of the television receiver 100 described in FIG. 2 with respect to the short-range communication unit 270 and the network communication unit 280. Therefore, the overlapping description will not be repeated.

  The output unit 240 includes a display and a speaker. The output unit 240 is controlled by the control unit 210 and is a video signal and audio signal obtained by converting the broadcast signal received by the broadcast receiving unit 260, or content received by the network communication unit 280 or the telephone network communication unit 290. The video signal and the audio signal whose data are converted by the control unit 210 are each displayed as a video on a display and output from a speaker as audio.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for continuous viewing executed by the television receiver 100 and the portable terminal 200 in this embodiment. 4, the flowchart on the left side of FIG. 4 is a process for continuous viewing on the television receiver 100 side, and the flowchart on the right side of FIG. 4 is a process for continuous viewing on the portable terminal 200 side. If the same result is obtained, the order of processing in the flowchart may be changed.

  Note that pairing for Bluetooth communication between the television receiver 100 and the portable terminal 200 has been completed, and the television receiver 100 and the portable terminal 200 store the Bluetooth device addresses related to the paired devices. And

  In the television receiver 100, when the main power switch of the operation unit 130 of the main body is turned on, the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 is started.

  First, in step S <b> 101, the control unit 110 of the television receiver 100 determines whether or not an operation signal indicating that the user has operated the power switch of the remote control 151 and the power operation has been received via the infrared receiver 150. By detecting this, it is determined whether or not a power operation has been performed. At this time, the television receiver 100 is in a standby state.

  When it is determined that the power source is not operated with the remote controller 151 (when NO is determined in step S101), the control unit 110 repeats the process of step S101. That is, the television receiver 100 is kept in a standby state.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the power operation is performed with the remote controller 151 (when YES is determined in step S101), in step S102, the control unit 110 performs control to switch the television receiver 100 from the standby state to the on state. Note that if the power is operated with the remote controller 151 while the television receiver 100 is in the on state, the television receiver 100 is switched to the standby state.

  Between step S102 and step S111, the control unit 110 executes various processes for controlling the television receiver 100. For example, the control unit 110 controls to receive a broadcast and display it on the display of the output unit 140, to control the volume according to an operation from the remote controller 151, to perform channel selection control, or to select a broadcast type ( Control for changing the terrestrial digital, BS, CS), receiving content data from an external device such as the WWW server 400 or the home server 600, and playing back the video or audio content indicated by the received content data Or control to display the content of characters or images indicated by the received content data.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a first example of the flow of continuous viewing operation in this embodiment. Referring to FIG. 5, as shown in the first diagram of the operation flow of the television receiver 100 on the left side of FIG. 5, when the television receiver 100 is turned on and 1ch is selected, the 1ch ○ The broadcast currently being broadcast is displayed on the display of the output unit 140.

  In the example of FIG. 5, it is assumed that the mobile terminals 200 </ b> A to 200 </ b> D are owned by a family father, mother, son, and daughter, respectively. The father's portable terminal 200A, the mother's portable terminal 200B, and the son's portable terminal 200C are within a range in which short-distance communication with the television receiver 100 is possible, that is, short-distance communication with the television receiver 100 is possible. . The daughter's mobile terminal 200D is not in a range where short-distance communication with the television receiver 100 is possible, that is, short-distance communication with the television receiver 100 is not possible.

  Returning to FIG. 4, in step S <b> 111, the control unit 110 detects whether or not a power operation has been performed by detecting reception of an operation signal of the power switch of the remote controller 151 when the television receiver 100 is in an on state. Judging. When it is determined that the power operation is not performed with the remote controller 151 (when NO is determined in step S111), the control unit 110 returns the process to be executed to the process immediately after step S102.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the power operation is performed with the remote controller 151 (when YES is determined in step S111), in step S112, the control unit 110 creates suspension information and temporarily stores the created suspension information in the storage unit 120. Remember me. Tables 1 to 3 are tables for explaining the information included in the interruption information in this embodiment.

  Referring to Table 1, the interruption information includes, for example, information indicating that the type of this information is “interruption information”, and the content type being viewed on the television receiver 100 as “normal terrestrial digital television broadcasting ( (Hereinafter referred to as “full-segment broadcasting” or “12-segment broadcasting”) or terrestrial digital television broadcasting (hereinafter referred to as “one-segment broadcasting” or “one-segment broadcasting”) of a one-segment partial reception service for mobile phones and mobile terminals. Information indicating that the information for identifying the content being viewed is “6ch”, information indicating whether or not a message for confirming continuous viewing on the device to be continuously viewed is “present”, In addition, information indicating that the display time of the message is “3 minutes” is included.

  Such interruption information is transmitted to a device for continuous viewing (in the present embodiment, portable terminal 200), so that "6 channels of 1Seg broadcasting was being viewed" and "Continue viewing confirmation message 3 Can be transmitted to a device for continuous viewing.

  Referring to Table 2, the interruption information includes, for example, information indicating that the type of this information is “interruption information” and the content type being viewed on the television receiver 100 is “mp4 video”. Information that there is information, information that identifies the content that was being viewed is the file “movie01.mp4” at IP address “192.168.0.1”, and the point at which viewing was interrupted is “0: 15: 30/01 : 00: 00 ”, information that the presence / absence of a message for confirmation of continuation on the device to be continuously watched is“ Yes ”, and the display time of the message is“ 3 minutes ” Information to the effect is included.

  By transmitting such interruption information to a device for continuous viewing, “the movie in the mp4 format of movie01.mp4 of the server with IP address 192.168.0.1 of the LAN is 0 out of 1 hour 0 minutes 0 seconds. It is possible to transmit to the device that continuously views that “the user has been watching for 15 minutes and 30 seconds” and “displays a message for confirmation of continuation of viewing for 3 minutes”.

  Referring to Table 3, the interruption information includes, for example, information indicating that the type of this information is “interruption information”, and the content type being viewed on the television receiver 100 is “mp4 video”. Information indicating that there is information, information specifying the content being viewed is URL (Uniform Resource Locator) “http://aaa.sss.com/movie01.mp4”, and the point at which viewing was interrupted is “0” : 15: 30/01: 00: 00 ”, information indicating whether or not a message for confirmation of continuation on the device to be continuously viewed is“ Yes ”, and the display time of the message Includes information indicating that “is 3 minutes”.

  By transmitting such interruption information to a device for continuous viewing, “a video in mp4 format whose URL is http://aaa.sss.com/movie01.mp4 has a total playback time of 1 hour 0 minutes 0 seconds. It is possible to transmit to the device that performs continuous viewing that “viewing was continued until 0 hour 15 minutes 30 seconds” and “displaying a message to confirm viewing continuation for 3 minutes”.

  Returning to FIG. 4, in step S113, the short-range communication unit 170 is controlled, and a terminal information acquisition request for inquiring terminal information is sent to all devices that have been paired without specifying a communication destination for a communicable device. To the Bluetooth device address of the device.

  Proceeding to FIG. 5, when the power button is pressed with remote controller 151, YES is determined in step S <b> 111 of FIG. 4, and the process of step S <b> 113 is executed to As shown in the second diagram of the flow, the terminal information acquisition request is transmitted from the television receiver 100 without specifying the communication destination.

  Here, a terminal information acquisition request is transmitted to father's mobile terminal 200A, mother's mobile terminal 200B, and son's mobile terminal 200D. However, since the daughter's portable terminal 200D is not capable of short-range communication with the television receiver 100, the terminal information acquisition request is not transmitted.

  Returning to FIG. 4, in the portable terminal 200, when the power is turned on, the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 is started.

  First, until step S211, the control unit 210 of the mobile terminal 200 executes various processes for controlling the mobile terminal 200. For example, according to the process for confirming whether or not there is an incoming call or e-mail, the operation of the operation unit 130, the one-seg broadcast is received and displayed on the display of the output unit 240, or the volume is controlled. Control, channel selection control, reception of content data from an external device such as the WWW server 400 or home server 600, and control to receive or receive video or audio content indicated by the received content data Or control to display the contents of characters or images indicated by the content data.

  In step S211, the control unit 210 controls the short-range communication unit 270 to detect whether or not a terminal information acquisition request has been received from another device (here, the television receiver 100). When it is detected that it has been received (when YES is determined in step S211), in step S212, the control unit 210 controls the short-range communication unit 270 so that the television receiver 100 that has transmitted the terminal information acquisition request Send terminal information. Table 4 is a table for explaining information included in the terminal information in this embodiment.

  Referring to Table 4, the terminal information includes, for example, information that the type of this information is “terminal information”, information that the type of this device is “portable terminal”, the address of this device (this In the embodiment, the information that the Bluetooth device address) is “XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX” (where X is a 1-digit hexadecimal number), and the tuner of this device is “terrestrial digital (one segment)” Information indicating that the content that can be played back by this device is “moving image (mpg, mp4, h26), music (aac, ac3, mp3)”.

  The device types include “television receiver” and “recorder” in addition to “portable terminal”. The tuner type includes “BS” and “CS” in addition to “terrestrial digital”. Further, in the present embodiment, since near field communication is performed by Bluetooth, the address is determined to be a Bluetooth device address. However, the address is determined by a near field communication system. For example, near field communication is performed wirelessly. When performed in a LAN, the address is an IP (Internet Protocol) address.

  Returning to FIG. 4, when it is detected that a terminal information acquisition request has not been received from another device (when NO is determined in step S211), and after step S212, the control unit 210 performs a process to be executed. The process proceeds to step S221.

  Proceeding to FIG. 5, when a terminal information acquisition request is received, YES is determined in step S <b> 211 of FIG. 4, the process of step S <b> 212 is executed, and the flow of operation of the mobile terminal 200 on the right side of FIG. As shown in the second figure, terminal information is transmitted from the mobile terminals 200A to 200C to the television receiver 100, respectively.

  Returning to FIG. 4, in step S <b> 114, in the television receiver 100, the control unit 110 controls the short-range communication unit 170 to obtain terminal information from the mobile terminal 100 for a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds). Detect whether or not it has been received. When it is detected that the terminal information has not been received within the predetermined time (when NO is determined in step S114), control unit 110 advances the process to be performed to the process of step S121.

  On the other hand, when it is detected that the terminal information has been received during the predetermined time (when YES is determined in step S114), in step S115, the control unit 110 stores the terminal information received by the short-range communication unit 170 as a storage unit. 120 is temporarily stored. Table 5 is a table for describing a terminal information list stored in the storage unit 120 of the television receiver 100 in this embodiment.

  Referring to Table 5, in the terminal information list, for example, the number of terminals that have transmitted terminal information is three, the data structure of terminal information received first, and the terminal received second The data structure of the information and the data structure of the terminal information received third are included. When terminal information is received from three or more terminals, the data structure of the received terminal information is further included in the terminal information list.

  Returning to FIG. 4, next, in step S <b> 116, the control unit 110 determines whether or not unprocessed terminal information is stored in the terminal information list of the storage unit 120. If it is determined that unprocessed terminal information is not stored (NO in step S116), control unit 110 advances the process to be performed to the process in step S121.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that unprocessed terminal information is stored (when YES is determined in step S116), in step S117, the control unit 110 stores the unprocessed terminal information in the terminal information list of the storage unit 120. Read one item from.

  In step S118, control unit 110 determines whether or not the content to be viewed that has been viewed on television receiver 100 can be viewed on the device (here, mobile terminal 200) indicated by the terminal information.

  Specifically, when the content to be viewed is broadcast content, it can be viewed by determining whether a tuner capable of receiving the broadcast is included in the tuner type information of the terminal information. It is determined whether or not. If the television receiver 100 is viewing digital terrestrial broadcasting, it is determined that viewing is possible if there is a one-segment broadcasting tuner.

  In addition, when the content to be viewed is content received from a device such as another server, it is determined whether or not the content type is included in the reproducible content information of the terminal information. It is determined whether or not viewing is possible.

  If it is determined that the viewing target is viewable (YES in step S118), the control unit 110 controls the short-range communication unit 170 in step S119 and is stored in the storage unit 120 in step S112. The interrupt information is transmitted to the device having the address of the terminal information.

  When it is determined that the viewing target is not viewable (when NO is determined in step S118), and after step S119, control unit 110 returns the process to be executed to the process of step S116.

  Proceeding to FIG. 5, when terminal information is received, YES is determined in step S <b> 114 and step S <b> 116 in FIG. 4, and interruption information is transmitted to the portable terminal that is determined to be viewable in step S <b> 118. Sent.

  Here, the viewing target is 1ch of terrestrial digital broadcasting, and the father's mobile terminal 200A and son's mobile terminal 200C are provided with a tuner for one-segment broadcasting of terrestrial digital broadcasting. Since it is transmitted to the device 100, it is determined that the viewing target can be viewed, and the interruption information is transmitted.

  On the other hand, the mother mobile terminal 200B is not provided with a one-segment broadcasting tuner, and terminal information to that effect is transmitted to the television receiver 100. Information is not sent.

  Returning to FIG. 4, in step S <b> 221, in the portable terminal 200, the control unit 210 controls the short-range communication unit 270 to receive interruption information from another device (here, the television receiver 100). Whether or not is detected. When it is detected that it has not been received (when NO is determined in step S221), the control unit 210 returns the process to be executed to the first process before step S211.

  On the other hand, when it is detected that the interruption information is received (when YES is determined in step S221), in step S222, the control unit 210 temporarily stores the interruption information received by the short-range communication unit 270 in the storage unit 220. Remember.

  Next, in step S223, the control unit 210 determines whether or not any display control is performed on the output unit 240, that is, whether or not the screen is on. When it is determined that the screen is not on (when NO is determined in step S223), in step S224, the control unit 210 receives the interrupt information in step S221 and then displays the message information display time of the interrupt information (the above-described table 1). ~ In the interruption information of Table 3, it is determined whether or not 3 minutes have elapsed.

  If it is determined that the message display time has not elapsed (NO in step S224), control unit 210 returns the process to be performed to the process in step S223. On the other hand, if it is determined that the message display time has elapsed (YES in step S224), control unit 210 advances the process to be executed to step S229.

  When the screen is on since the interruption information is received or when the screen is turned on during the message display time and it is determined that the screen is on (when YES is determined in step S223), In step S225, the control unit 210 controls the output unit 240 to display a selection screen for inquiring the user whether or not to continue viewing.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the continuation of the first example of the flow of the continuous viewing operation in this embodiment. This figure shows in detail the flow after the interruption information is received by the portable terminals 200A and 200C in FIG.

  Referring to FIG. 6, in father's mobile terminal 200A, since the screen is on when interruption information is received, YES is determined in step S223 in FIG. 4, and a selection screen is displayed in step S225. .

  On the other hand, since the screen of the son mobile terminal 200A is not on when the interruption information is received, NO is determined in step S223 in FIG. If the screen is turned on within the message display time, YES is not determined in step S224 in FIG. 4, but YES is determined in step S223, and a selection screen is displayed in step S225.

  On the selection screen, a document that confirms whether or not to continue watching △△ sports of 1 channel ○ broadcast of 1 terrestrial digital broadcasting, which is the content viewed on the television receiver 100, “view” And a button for selecting “Do not watch” are displayed.

  Returning to FIG. 4, in step S <b> 226, control unit 210 determines whether or not an operation signal indicating that “view” is selected from operation unit 230 has been received. When it is determined that the “view” operation signal has not been received (when NO is determined in step S226), in step S227, the control unit 210 indicates that “not view” is selected from the operation unit 230. It is determined whether or not an operation signal has been received or whether or not the message display time of the suspend information has elapsed since the suspend information was received in step S221.

  When it is determined that an operation signal “not viewing” has not been received and the message display time has not elapsed (NO in step S227), control unit 210 performs the process to be executed in step S226. Return to processing. On the other hand, when it is determined that an operation signal “not viewing” has been received or the message display time has elapsed (YES in step S227), control unit 210 performs the process to be executed in step S229. Proceed to

  If it is determined that the “view” operation signal has been received (YES in step S226), in step S228, control unit 210 causes broadcast receiving unit 260, network communication unit 280, or telephone network communication unit 290 to operate. In response to the interruption information stored in the storage unit 220 in step S222, the content received by the television receiver 100 is received and the output unit 240 is controlled to continue the received content. Output. Thereafter, the control unit 210 advances the process to be executed to the process of step S229.

  In step S229, the control unit 210 deletes the interruption information stored in the storage unit 220 in step S222. Thereafter, the process to be executed is returned to the first process before step S211.

  Proceeding to FIG. 6, when “view” is selected on the selection screen displayed on father's mobile terminal 200 </ b> A and son's mobile terminal 200 </ b> C, YES is determined in step S <b> 226 in FIG. 4, and in step S <b> 228, Based on the interruption information, output of 1ch of one-segment broadcasting of terrestrial digital broadcasting, which is the content being viewed on the television receiver 100, is started.

  On the other hand, if “not view” is selected on the selection screen displayed on the father's mobile terminal 200A and the son's mobile terminal 200C, YES is determined in step S227 in FIG. 4, and neither is selected and a message is displayed. If the time has elapsed, YES is determined in step S227 in FIG. 4, and if the message display time has elapsed without the screen being turned on by the son's portable terminal 200C, YES is determined in step S224 in FIG. Since the process does not proceed to step S228 but the process proceeds to step S229, the output of the content viewed on the television receiver 100 in step S228 is not started, and the standby screen or the original Return to the screen.

  As described above, by limiting the display time of the selection screen on the mobile terminals 200A and 200C, when the continuous viewing is not performed, the display time elapses without performing an operation for not performing the continuous viewing. Since the display of the selection screen is ended, the display of the useless selection screen can be ended without performing a useless operation.

  Also, in the case of content with high real-time properties such as live broadcasting, if the time has passed, the meaning of continuous viewing will fade, so the processing for continuous viewing will be automatically canceled (the selection screen will be erased). Therefore, convenience can be improved.

  Returning to FIG. 4, in step S <b> 121, the control unit 110 deletes the interruption information stored in the storage unit 120 in step S <b> 112 and the terminal information stored in the storage unit 120 in step S <b> 115 from the storage unit 120.

  Next, in step S122, the control unit 110 performs control to switch the television receiver 100 from the on state to the standby state. That is, after the operation for setting the television receiver 100 to the standby state is performed and the process for continuous viewing is completed, the television receiver 100 is set to the standby state. Then, the control part 110 returns the process to perform to the process of step S101.

  Proceeding to FIG. 5, after the operation for continuous viewing is completed, as shown in the fourth diagram at the end of the operation flow of the television receiver 100 on the left side of FIG. 5, the process of step S122 of FIG. Is executed, the television receiver 100 enters a standby state, and the screen display is turned off.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a second example of the flow of the continuous viewing operation in this embodiment. In FIG. 5 described above, the operation flow when the television receiver 100 continuously watches the broadcast received and output from the broadcast facility 300 of the broadcast station on the portable terminals 200A and 200C has been described. In FIG. 7, the flow of operation in the case where the content A acquired and reproduced from the WWW server 400 by the television receiver 100 is continuously viewed on the mobile terminal 200A will be described.

  Referring to FIG. 7, as shown in the first diagram of the operation flow of television receiver 100 on the left side of FIG. 7, in step S102 of FIG. 4, television receiver 100 is turned on and WWW server 400 is turned on. When the operation for reproducing the content A which is the moving image content of the Internet service is performed, the content A is acquired from the WWW server 400 via the WAN 900 by the television receiver 100, the content A is reproduced, and the display of the output unit 140 Is displayed. This figure shows that the playback has progressed to 0 hour 15 minutes 30 seconds out of 1 hour 0 minutes 0 seconds, which is the total playback time of the content A.

  In the example of FIG. 7, the mobile terminal 200 </ b> A is in a range where short-distance communication with the television receiver 100 is possible, that is, short-distance communication with the television receiver 100 is possible.

  When the power button is pressed on the remote control 151 on the television receiver 100 side, YES is determined in step S111 in FIG. 4, the processing in step S113 is executed, and the operation of the television receiver 100 on the left side in FIG. As shown in the second diagram of the flow, the television receiver 100 transmits a terminal information acquisition request to all terminals that have been paired. Here, a terminal information acquisition request is transmitted to portable terminal 200A.

  When the terminal information acquisition request is received on the mobile terminal 200A side, YES is determined in step S211 in FIG. 4, the processing in step S212 is executed, and the flow of the operation of the mobile terminal 200 on the right side in FIG. As shown in the second diagram, terminal information is transmitted from the mobile terminal 200A to the television receiver 100.

  When the terminal information is received on the television receiver 100 side, YES is determined in step S114 and step S116 in FIG. 4, and the interruption information is transmitted to the portable terminal that is determined to be viewable in step S118. Is sent.

  Here, it is assumed that the viewing target is the content A of the WWW server 400, the content A is in the mpg format, and the content in the mpg format can be reproduced on the mobile terminal 200A, and terminal information indicating that is transmitted to the television receiver 100. Then, the television receiver 100 determines that the mobile terminal 200 can view the viewing target, and transmits the interruption information to the mobile terminal.

  In portable terminal 200A, since the screen is on when interruption information is received, YES is determined in step S223 in FIG. 4, and a selection screen is displayed in step S225.

  Whether to continue viewing the content A (reproduced until 0 hours 15 minutes 30 seconds) of the WWW server 400 (URL = http: // xxxxxxxxxxxxxx), which is the content that was viewed on the television receiver 100, on the selection screen A document confirming whether or not, a button for selecting “view”, and a button for selecting “not view” are displayed.

  When “view” is selected on the selection screen displayed on the portable terminal 200A, “YES” is determined in step S226 in FIG. 4, and the television receiver 100 is viewed on the basis of the interruption information in step S228. Content A, which has been reproduced until 0 hours 15 minutes 30 seconds, is acquired from the WWW server 400 (URL = http: // xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) via the WAN 900, and output of the content A is started.

  On the other hand, if “do not view” is selected on the selection screen displayed on the mobile terminal 200A, YES is determined in step S227 in FIG. 4, and the output of the content being viewed on the television receiver 100 is output in step S228. Returns to the standby screen or the original screen without starting.

  After the operation for continuous viewing is completed, as shown in the third diagram at the end of the operation flow of the television receiver 100 on the left side of FIG. 7, the process of step S122 of FIG. 4 is executed. Then, the television receiver 100 enters a standby state, and the screen display is turned off.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen for setting of continuous viewing in this embodiment. Referring to FIG. 8, the continuous viewing setting screen for setting continuous viewing includes a first text box with a select menu for setting whether to perform processing for continuous viewing, Second text box with a select menu for setting whether or not to display a selection screen for confirming whether or not to continue viewing on the device that is continuously viewed when performing processing for And the 3rd text box for inputting the display time of a selection screen is displayed.

  In the first text box, “Yes” indicating that the process for continuous viewing is performed or “No” indicating that the process for continuous viewing is not performed can be selected.

  In the second text box, “selection screen display” for displaying the selection screen on the device that is continuously viewed or the continuous viewing immediately without displaying the selection screen on the device that is continuously viewed "Continue watching immediately" can be selected.

  In the third text box, the display time of the selection screen can be set in units of 1 minute from 1 minute to 60 minutes.

  The continuous viewing setting screen is provided as one of the setting screens of the television receiver 100. It is possible to set each text box by displaying the continuous viewing setting screen by using the remote controller 151 or the operation unit 130 of the television receiver 100.

  If “No” is selected in the first text box to not perform the process for continuous viewing, the second text box and the third text box are grayed out and cannot be set. . When “continue viewing immediately” is selected in the second text box, the third text box is grayed out and cannot be set.

  Next, the effect produced by the content viewing system 10 in this embodiment will be described.

  Since the interruption information is transmitted by short-range communication after the connection state of the mobile terminal 200 is confirmed, the content viewed by the television receiver 100 is owned by the user who is viewing near the television receiver 100. Can be viewed only on the mobile terminal. For this reason, the interruption information can be transmitted only to the portable terminal 200 including the portable terminal of the user who is considered to have watched the content on the television receiver 100, and the user wants to continue without transmitting unnecessary information. It is possible to provide an environment in which a user can easily continue viewing.

  Since the function of outputting the content of the mobile terminal 200 (the presence / absence of a tuner, the presence / absence of a browser, information on a reproducible file format, etc.) is acquired, the interruption information is transmitted only to the mobile terminal 200 capable of continuous viewing. Therefore, it is possible to provide an environment that allows easy continuous viewing only on a portable terminal of a user who can view the continuation without transmitting any information.

  Since the interruption information is transmitted after confirming the state of portable terminal 200 (whether or not short-distance communication is possible), it is possible to provide an environment that allows easy continuous viewing only on a portable terminal of a user capable of short-range communication. These effects are exhibited even when there are a plurality of portable terminals.

  Since the interruption information is transmitted in advance, when continuous viewing is started on the portable terminal 200, the television receiver 100 and the portable terminal 200 may not be able to communicate with each other, and continuous viewing is started on the portable terminal 200. At this time, it is possible to eliminate the need for communication between the television receiver 100 and the portable terminal 200.

  In addition, in the device on which viewing is interrupted, when the suspension information is transmitted, the process for continuous viewing is terminated without waiting for the device on the side to be continuously viewed to start continuous viewing. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the need to subsequently perform cooperation processing with a device that is continuously viewed or wait for an inquiry from the device that is continuously viewed.

  In addition, since it is not necessary to provide a special device other than the device on the side where viewing is interrupted and the device on the side where viewing is continued, the system configuration can be simplified.

Next, a modification of the above-described embodiment will be described.
(1) In the above-described embodiment, short-range communication between the device on which viewing is interrupted (the television receiver 100) and the device on which viewing is continued (the portable terminal 200) is performed by Bluetooth. did. For this reason, the television receiver 100 and the portable terminal 200 are each provided with short-range communication units 170 and 270 for performing short-range communication with Bluetooth.

  However, when short-distance communication is performed by a wireless LAN, the network communication units 180 and 280 perform short-distance communication instead of the short-distance communication units 170 and 270, so that each of the television receiver 100 and the portable terminal 200 is provided. The short-range communication units 170 and 270 may not be provided. However, it is necessary to connect a wireless LAN access point to the home LAN 800 to which the television receiver 100 is connected, and to install the access point in the vicinity of the television receiver 100.

  In this case, the network communication unit 180 of the television receiver 100 may have a wireless LAN access point function so that the television receiver 100 and the portable terminal 200 communicate directly.

  Further, when performing short-distance communication with IrDA, the infrared receiver 150 and the infrared transmitter / receiver 250 perform short-distance communication instead of the short-distance communication units 170 and 270. Therefore, the television receiver 100 and the portable terminal 200 The short-range communication units 170 and 270 may not be provided in each of the above. However, it is necessary to change the infrared receiver 150 of the television receiver 100 to an infrared transmitter / receiver that can communicate with the infrared transmitter / receiver 250 of the mobile terminal 200.

  (2) In the embodiment described above, the interruption information includes information capable of specifying the content. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the interruption information may include data of the content itself.

  (3) In the above-described embodiment, the interruption information is transmitted even when the screen display of the device (mobile terminal 200) that is continuously viewed is off. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the interruption information may not be transmitted when the screen display of the device that is continuously viewed is off.

  (4) In the above-described embodiment, the setting for continuous viewing is performed on the continuous viewing setting screen described with reference to FIG. 8 on the television receiver 100 side, which is a device on which viewing is interrupted. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and settings for continuous viewing may be performed on the device (for example, mobile terminal 200) on the side where continuous viewing is performed. As a result, if the device on the side to be continuously viewed is a device (for example, the portable terminal 200) used for each individual, it is possible to customize the continuous viewing for each individual and improve the convenience for the user. Can do.

  (5) In the above-described embodiment, in Bluetooth communication, the television receiver 100 is a master, and other devices (mobile terminals 200A to 200D) are slaves. In the connection confirmation, the television receiver 100 may search for the device when switching to the standby state, or the device information list is stored in the television receiver 100 when pairing is performed in advance. The device search may not be performed every time when switching to.

  (6) In the above-described embodiment, as described with reference to FIG. 4, in the television receiver 100, after it is determined that the power operation is performed in Step S <b> 111, Step S <b> 112 to Step S <b> 121 are for continuous viewing. After performing the processing, in step S122, control for actually switching to the standby state is performed.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and processing for continuous viewing may be performed immediately after it is determined that the power operation has been performed and after actually switching to the standby state.

  (7) In the above-described embodiment, when the power operation is performed by the user in the television receiver 100, the process for continuous viewing is performed, and then the control for switching to the standby state is performed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the process for continuous viewing may be performed when the user performs an operation for continuous viewing, and then the power may be kept on.

  In this way, for example, when the son continues to watch on the portable terminal 200, but the father continues to watch on the television receiver 100, even when processing for continuous viewing is performed, the television receiver 100 can Even when it is desired to continue viewing, the mobile terminal 200 can perform processing for continuing viewing.

  In this case, when an operation for continuing viewing is performed, it may be confirmed whether or not to continue viewing on the television receiver 100 as well as the device on the side to continue viewing.

  (8) In the embodiment described above, the interruption information is deleted in step S121 of FIG. 4 after the process for continuous viewing is completed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the interruption information stored in the storage unit 120 may be used when the television receiver 100 is turned on later without deleting the interruption information. Accordingly, the television receiver 100 can continue viewing after a lapse of time.

  (9) In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the content indicated by the content data from the external WWW server 400 is continuously viewed has been described with reference to FIG. Instead of the external WWW server 400, content indicated by content data from another server such as the home server 600 in the home may be continuously viewed.

  For example, in the case of the home server 600, contents such as moving images and music are shared by a method compliant with the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) guidelines, and the television receiver 100 performs streaming reproduction of these contents in addition to the broadcast contents. Need function. In this case, as described above, using the reproducible content described in Table 4, it is determined whether or not the viewing target can be viewed on the device that is continuously viewed.

  (10) In the embodiment described above, the device on which viewing is interrupted and the device on which continuous viewing is performed are the television receiver 100 and the portable terminal 200, respectively. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be reversed, either may be the mobile terminal 200, may be a television receiver, and can view content (including broadcasts). It may be a combination of other devices.

  (11) In the above-described embodiment, the process for continuous viewing is executed when the power of the device that was viewing the content is switched to the standby state. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the stop of the content reproduction and the switching of the broadcast channel may be triggered by the processing for continuous viewing.

  (12) In the embodiment described above, it is determined whether or not the device on which viewing is interrupted (TV receiver 100) can view the viewing target on the device on which viewing is continued (mobile terminal 200). In this way, the interruption information is transmitted only to devices that can be viewed.

  However, the present invention is not limited to this, and on the device on which viewing is interrupted, all the devices that are continuously viewed can be viewed continuously without determining whether or not the viewing target is viewable on the device on which viewing is continued. The interruption information may be transmitted to the device on the other side, and the device on the side to be continuously viewed may determine whether or not the viewing target can be viewed. In this case, the terminal information acquisition request and the terminal information are unnecessary.

  (13) In the above-described embodiment, even if any process is being performed on the device (mobile terminal 200) that is continuously viewed, if the screen is in the on state, the confirmation is made in step S225 of FIG. The screen was displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Even when the interruption information is transmitted from the device on which viewing is interrupted (the television receiver 100), even if the screen is on, a specific process such as a call process is performed. Alternatively, the confirmation screen may not be displayed when other content reproduction processing is being performed.

  In addition, the terminal 100 includes information indicating that the process performed by the mobile terminal 200 is included, so that the television receiver 100 can perform a specific process such as a call process or other content based on the terminal information. The interruption information may not be transmitted to the portable terminal 200 on which the reproduction process is being performed.

  (14) In the above-described embodiment, the control unit 110 of the television receiver 100 and the control unit 210 of the mobile terminal 200 execute the software shown in the process of FIG. A portion having a predetermined function is configured. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the functions shown in the processing of FIG. 4 may be configured in the control units 110 and 210 by hardware.

  (15) The present invention relates to the invention of the content viewing system 10, the invention of the viewing method executed by the system, and the device (for example, a television receiver) included in the content viewing system 10 where viewing is interrupted. 100), the invention of the viewing method and the viewing program executed by the device, the invention of the device (for example, the portable terminal 200) on the continuous viewing side included in the content viewing system 10, and The invention can be understood as an invention of a viewing method and a viewing program executed by the device, and a computer-readable recording medium on which the viewing program is recorded.

  Computer-readable recording media include magnetic tapes, cassette tapes, flexible disks, magnetic disks such as hard disks, CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory), optical disks such as DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), MO (Magneto Optical disk) ), MD (registered trademark) (MiniDisc) and other magneto-optical disks, IC cards, optical cards and other memory cards, mask ROM, EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrionally Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory) It may be a recording medium that includes a semiconductor memory such as a flash ROM and that carries the program in a fixed manner, or may be a medium that fluidly carries the program so that the program is downloaded from the network.

  In addition, the viewing program according to the present invention is a program module that calls a required module out of program modules provided as a part of an operating system (OS) of a device at a predetermined timing and executes processing. May be. In that case, the program itself does not include the module, and the process is executed in cooperation with the OS. A program that does not include such a module can also be included in the program according to the present invention.

  The program according to the present invention may be provided by being incorporated in a part of another program. Even in this case, the program itself does not include the module included in the other program, and the process is executed in cooperation with the other program. Such a program incorporated in another program can also be included in the program according to the present invention.

  (16) The provided program product is installed and executed in a program storage unit such as a hard disk or a memory (the storage units 120 and 220 in the above-described embodiment). The program product includes the program itself and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

  (17) The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

  10 content viewing system, 100 TV receiver, 110 control unit, 120 storage unit, 130 operation unit, 140 output unit, 150 infrared reception unit, 151 remote control, 160 broadcast reception unit, 161 antenna, 170 short-range communication unit, 180 network Communication unit, 200, 200A to 200D mobile terminal, 210 control unit, 220 storage unit, 230 operation unit, 235 voice input / output unit, 240 output unit, 250 infrared transmission / reception unit, 260 broadcast reception unit, 261 antenna, 270 near field communication Part, 280 network communication part, 290 telephone network communication part, 291 antenna, 300 broadcast station broadcasting equipment, 301 antenna, 400 WWW server, 500 telecommunications carrier communication equipment, 600 home server, 800 LAN, 900 WAN.

Claims (10)

A content viewing system including a first content viewing device and one or more second content viewing devices,
The first content viewing device and the second content viewing device are respectively
A control unit;
A receiving unit controlled by the control unit to receive content information;
A communication unit controlled by the control unit to communicate with other content viewing devices;
A viewing output unit that outputs the content based on the content information controlled by the control unit and received by the receiving unit so as to be viewable.
The control unit of the first content viewing apparatus includes:
Detecting means for detecting a second content viewing apparatus capable of communicating by controlling the communication unit;
When performing the control to end the output of the content in the first content viewing apparatus, the viewing resumption information for resuming the viewing of the content output by the viewing output unit is detected by the detection means Transmission control means for controlling the communication unit to transmit to a second content viewing device,
The control unit of the second content viewing apparatus is
Reception control means for controlling the communication unit so as to receive the viewing resumption information transmitted from the first content viewing apparatus;
Output control means for controlling the viewing output unit so as to output a continuation of the content output by the first content viewing device based on the viewing resumption information received by the communication unit. Viewing system. The second content viewing apparatus further includes:
A storage unit for storing information used by the control unit;
An input receiving unit that receives an input of a predetermined instruction from the user,
The control unit of the second content viewing apparatus further includes:
Storage control means for storing the viewing resumption information in the storage unit when the viewing resumption information is received by the communication unit;
When any information is output by the viewing output unit, when the viewing resumption information is received by the communication unit, or when the viewing resumption information is stored in the storage unit, the viewing output A notification control means for controlling the viewing output unit so as to notify the user whether or not to view the continuation of the content based on the viewing resumption information when output of some information is started by the unit,
The content viewing system according to claim 1, wherein the output control unit outputs the continuation of the content when an input of an instruction to view the continuation of the content is received by the input receiving unit. A control unit;
A receiving unit controlled by the control unit to receive content information;
A communication unit controlled by the control unit to communicate with other content viewing devices;
A viewing output unit that outputs the content based on the content information controlled by the control unit and received by the receiving unit so as to be viewable.
The controller is
Detecting means for detecting another content viewing apparatus capable of communicating by controlling the communication unit;
When performing the control to end the output of the content, the viewing resumption information for resuming the viewing of the content output by the viewing output unit is transmitted to the other content viewing device detected by the detection means. And a transmission control means for controlling the communication unit. The control unit further includes:
Including acquisition means for controlling the communication unit so as to acquire output enable information indicating whether or not the other content viewing apparatus can output content from the other content viewing apparatus detected by the detection means. ,
When the output enable information acquired by the communication unit is the other content viewing device indicating that the content can be output, the transmission control means sends the viewing resume information to the other content viewing device. The content viewing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein control for transmission is performed.   The transmission control means performs control for transmitting inquiry information for notifying whether or not to view the continuation of the content based on the viewing resumption information together with the viewing resumption information. The content viewing / listening device described in 1.   The content viewing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the transmission control unit performs control to transmit notification period information indicating a period in which an inquiry based on the inquiry information is notified together with the viewing resumption information and the inquiry information. The detection means further detects the state of the other content viewing device from the other content viewing device,
The control unit further includes:
A determination unit that determines whether or not the state detected by the state detection unit is a predetermined state in which the viewing resume information is transmitted;
The transmission control unit performs control to transmit the viewing resumption information to the other content device in a state determined to be a predetermined state in which the determination unit transmits the viewing resumption information. The content viewing apparatus according to any one of claims 3 to 6. A control unit;
A receiving unit controlled by the control unit to receive content information;
A storage unit for storing information used by the control unit;
An input receiving unit that receives an input of a predetermined instruction from the user;
A communication unit controlled by the control unit to communicate with other content viewing devices;
A viewing output unit that outputs the content based on the content information controlled by the control unit and received by the receiving unit so as to be viewable.
The controller is
Reception control means for controlling the communication unit so as to receive viewing resumption information for resuming viewing of the content viewed by the other content viewing device transmitted from the other content viewing device;
Storage control means for storing the viewing resumption information in the storage unit when the viewing resumption information is received by the communication unit;
When any information is output by the viewing output unit, when the viewing resumption information is received by the communication unit, or when the viewing resumption information is stored in the storage unit, the viewing output When the output of some information is started by the unit, notification control means for controlling the viewing output unit so as to notify the user of an inquiry as to whether or not to view the continuation of the content based on the viewing resumption information;
When the input receiving unit receives an instruction to view the continuation of the content, based on the viewing resumption information received by the communication unit or the viewing resumption information stored in the storage unit, A content viewing device comprising: output control means for controlling the viewing output unit so as to output a continuation of the content output by the other content viewing device. A control unit, a receiving unit controlled by the control unit to receive content information, a communication unit controlled by the control unit to communicate with other content viewing devices, and controlled by the control unit A content viewing program that is executed by a content viewing device including a viewing output unit that outputs the content based on the content information received by the receiving unit so as to be viewable
Detecting other content viewing devices capable of communicating by controlling the communication unit;
When performing control to end the output of content, the communication is performed such that viewing resumption information for resuming viewing of the content output by the viewing output unit is transmitted to the detected other content viewing device. A content viewing program causing the control unit to execute a step of controlling the unit. A control unit; a receiving unit that is controlled by the control unit to receive content information; a storage unit that stores information used by the control unit; an input receiving unit that receives an input of a predetermined instruction from a user; and the control A communication unit that is controlled by the unit to communicate with other content viewing apparatuses, and a viewing output unit that outputs the content based on the content information controlled by the control unit and received by the receiving unit so that the content can be viewed A content viewing program executed by a content viewing device comprising:
Controlling the communication unit so as to receive viewing resumption information for resuming viewing of content that has been viewed by the other content viewing device transmitted from the other content viewing device;
Storing the viewing resumption information in the storage unit when the viewing resumption information is received by the communication unit;
When any information is output by the viewing output unit, when the viewing resumption information is received by the communication unit, or when the viewing resumption information is stored in the storage unit, the viewing output When the output of some information is started by the unit, controlling the viewing output unit to notify the user whether or not to view the continuation of the content based on the viewing resumption information;
When the input receiving unit receives an instruction to view the continuation of the content, the continuation of the content output by the other content viewing device based on the viewing resumption information received by the communication unit. A content viewing program for causing the control unit to execute the step of controlling the viewing output unit so as to output

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